This book provides an introduction to the current struggle for control of the energy reserves in the Caspian region (Russia, Iran, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan). An intense competition has arisen between the following various actors for control of these energy reserves: the advanced industrialised countries (especially the United States, and Europe) and their backed Transnational Corporations on the one hand, and the main regional powers (Russia, Turkey, Iran, and also China and Pakistan) on the other. This ...
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This book provides an introduction to the current struggle for control of the energy reserves in the Caspian region (Russia, Iran, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan). An intense competition has arisen between the following various actors for control of these energy reserves: the advanced industrialised countries (especially the United States, and Europe) and their backed Transnational Corporations on the one hand, and the main regional powers (Russia, Turkey, Iran, and also China and Pakistan) on the other. This struggle is a characteristic of the post-Cold War competition for the control and security of the most needed natural resources, oil and gas, which are concentrated in only a few regions in the world. This makes the Caspian region to one of the most important geo-political areas in the post-Cold War era. The question of the routes for exporting oil and gas from this land-locked area is central to the export of the Caspian energy resources. It evolves around various confli
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